The development team BackBox team is new stable release of the specialized distribution GNU / Linux, designed for pen-testing and evaluating the security of computer systems.

BackBox Linux 2 is built on the code base Ubuntu 11.04, 2.6.38 kernel and desktop environment Xfce 4.8.0; improved performance, the distribution has a new look and feel, improved menus, fixes. Toolbox pen-tester is updated, new tools, there were three new sections: vulnerability assessment, forensic analysis and VoIP analysis.